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Environmental and Stress Physiology

Germin-Like Polypeptides Increase in Barley Roots during Salt Stress

United States Department of Agriculture, ¹ Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California 94710, Plant Development-Productivity Research Unit, Albany, California 94710

The 26 kilodalton, isoelectric point 6.3 and 6.5 (Gs1 and Gs2) polypeptides that increase in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) roots during salt stress were isolated and identified. Both Gs1 and Gs2 had high sequence similarity to germin, a protein that increases significantly in germinating wheat seeds. Like germin, Gs1 and Gs2 were resistant to proteases and were glycosylated. Immunoblots were probed with antibodies to Gs1 and Gs2 to determine the distribution of these polypeptides among organs and cell-free fractions. Gs1 and Gs2 were present in roots and coleoptiles, but absent from leaves. In roots, Gs1 and Gs2 were present in the mature region, but not the tip. Gs1 and Gs2 increased in roots, but decreased in coleoptiles in response to salt stress. Gs1 and Gs2 were distributed among the soluble, microsomal, and cell wall fractions of roots, but the majority of Gs1 and Gs2 was present in the soluble fraction. Although Gs1 and Gs2 were heat stable, their synthesis was not affected by abscisic acid treatment. Gs2 accumulated during abscisic acid treatment, whereas Gs1 did not. However, a 25.5 kilodalton, isoelectric point 6.1 polypeptide that was immunologically related to Gs1 did accumulate with abscisic acid treatment.

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